Place-of-arms

A place-of-arms (Italian: piazza d'armi, French: place d'armes) is any place in a fortification where troops can gather.

The term has a number of meanings, but it generally refers to an enlarged area of the covertway designed as an assembly point for soldiers, or a square in the centre of a fortress, also known as a parade ground.

[1] There are two types of places-of-arms:[2]

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Plan of a bastioned fortification, with re-entrant places-of-arms marked W
A place-of-arms on the covertway of Valletta